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LA GUILLOTINE, UNE INVENTION BIEN FRANCAISE
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LA GUILLOTINE, UNE INVENTION BIEN FRANCAISE

Duration
52 min
Available subtitles
en
In the collective French mind, the guillotine remains the instrument that represents the death sentence. Developed during the French Revolution, it was initially presented as a tool of progress. With passing time and the abolition of the death penalty in 1981, it came to symbolise human cruelty.

Directed by: Jean-Charles Deniau (France, 2021)